Park · Iowa
Westchester Park
Westchester Park is a park in Iowa, at a modelled elevation of 275 m. The nearest named place is Jensen Neighborhood Park, a park 1.0 miles away. Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway passes 27 miles off.
How to reach it
Coordinates41.63800, -93.68572
- 26.6 mi off the Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway, National
- 134.0 mi off the Great River Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Jensen Neighborhood Park: 1.0 mi
- Riley Park: 1.2 mi
- Ashby Park: 1.2 mi
- Woodlawn Park: 1.3 mi
- Prairie Point Crossing: 1.3 mi
Nature reserves
- Northview Wetlands: 1.8 mi
- Johnson Pit: 1.9 mi
- Lee Acres: 2.5 mi
- Colby Woods: 2.6 mi
- Cummins Woods: 2.9 mi
Artworks
- Summer Fun: 2.2 mi
- Flying Home: 2.4 mi
- Roger the Rad Moose: 2.7 mi
- Bulldog: 2.8 mi
- Strata: 2.8 mi
Attractions
- Clive Caboose: 3.4 mi
- Heritage Carousel of Des Moines: 4.2 mi
- Church of the Land: 4.5 mi
- Heck Vet Clinic: 4.6 mi
- Matthias’s Blacksmith Shop: 4.6 mi
Historic sites: 53
- Urbandale Veterans Memorial: 2.9 mi
- George Washington Carver and Henry Wallace: 2.9 mi
- Character Counts Pillars: 3.0 mi
- Des Moines Art Center: 3.7 mi
- Salisbury House: 4.1 mi
Gardens: 23
- Franklin Community Garden: 1.9 mi
- Wildflower Scattering Garden: 2.0 mi
- Urbandale Butterfly Garden: 2.9 mi
- Charles Gabus Memorial Tree Park and Gardens: 2.9 mi
- Porter Dimery Memorial Garden: 3.0 mi
Museums: 23
- Johnston Historical Museum: 3.3 mi
- Iowa Hall of Pride: 4.6 mi
- Iowa Gold Star Museum: 4.7 mi
- Science Center of Iowa: 5.1 mi
- State of Iowa Historical Building: 5.1 mi
Beaches: 1
- Easter Lake Beach: 9.0 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:50 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 20:11 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:37 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:39 | 16:03 | 16:48 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 21 | 25 | 37 | 50 | 61 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 65 | 52 | 38 | 26 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 1.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ankeny, 7 mi away.
- Eastern Fox Squirrel17 obs
- Northern Cardinal16 obs
- Monarch15 obs
- Brown-belted Bumble Bee15 obs
- House Sparrow12 obs
- Eastern Cottontail12 obs
- American pokeweed12 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee12 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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